Jim, thank you.

I've seen the "not-so-lucky" folks in my work; as I said, we do a lot of radical neck dissections and surgeries for oral cancer. I've watched people get worse, then slowly (slooooowly) better, and I've never been more thankful for a particular diagnosis than I was with this one. Talk about getting what my sister calls "the p*ssy cancer"!

I do intend to kick Lieutenant Lumpy's butt (that's what I called him before he was evicted) and send all the strength I can spare back to you guys. Thank you all for your warm and supportive welcome.


Polymorphic Low-Grade Adenocarcinoma (PLGA), dx'ed 9/10. Surgery 10/20/10--resection of soft palate and right hard palate. Of the 36,000 oral cancers dignosed in a year, I get the one that sounds like a golf tournament. Sheesh.